Hans Memling was adept at both religious and secular subjects. Though he painted scores of portraits, only about 30 survive, 20 of which are now on view at the Frick Collection.

Seeing the glory of God in even the smallest created things, Flemish monks of the 15th Century used to make a point of it in such dissertations as On the Beauty of the Louse. Flemish painters, ...

Saints, Sinners, Lovers, and Fools Lecture: From Devotional Diligence to Emotional Excess: Memling, Gossaert, Rubens, and Van Dyck—300 Years of Flemish Masterworks at the Dallas Museum of Art ...